Verse 2 reads: “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Confidence in the Creator As I noted in the previous post, the author of Psalm 121 is on a journey. He (we assume a “he”, but … Continue reading →

We continue with verse 3—-and a pronoun change. Psalm 121 can be considered in terms of structures. You could think of the psalm as a two part structure: verse 1 raises the question, and 2-8 provide the reply. Since the … Continue reading →

Verse 4 reads, “He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” In the style of Hebrew poetic parallelism, verse 4 follows upon and builds upon meaning of verse 3. The Most Important Verse? In the “about” section of this site, … Continue reading →

My continuing thoughts and notes on Psalm 121….. In an earlier post, I said that Hebrew poetry uses a “parallelism” where the second statement builds upon the first or restates it in some way. Verse 6 of our psalm—“The sun … Continue reading →

Verse 7 reads: “The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.” The last two verses of our psalm continue earlier promises about God’s protection for the pilgrim. These verses also form (with verse 8) a … Continue reading →